CONSENT
The verbal or non-verbal consent by patient wanting medical care
What is EXPRESSED CONSENT
Before you leave a scene where a patient, parent, or guardian has refused care...
What is HAVE THEM SIGN REFUSAL FORM
You are unable to determine if an advance directive is legally valid. You should...
What is BEGIN MEDICAL CARE
Once you determine a scene is safe this is your top priority...
What is PATIENT CARE
The number one rule when providing patient care
What is DO NO HARM
For life and limb of an unconscious patient, you should use...
What is IMPLIED CONSENT
An adult who is rationale and __________________ can refuse care.
What is COMPETENT
DNR
What is DO NOT RESUSCITATE
True or false: injury during commission of a felony requires a mandatory report
What is TRUE
Written form of defamation, such as a false statement on a patient care report
What is LIBEL
If you cannot find a parent or guardian of a minor, you should...
What is TREAT THE PATIENT
True or false: a family member who claims to have POA can refuse treatment verbally.
What is FALSE
Allows a patient to designate another person to make decisions about medical care
What is POWER OF ATTORNEY (POA)
If you determine that a crime scene is unsafe, wait in a safe location until law enforcement arrives
What is STAGING
Red or purple color found on the parts of the patient’s body that are closest to the ground
What is DEPENDENT LIVIDITY
Your patient has hit their head and needs to be restrained. This consent is?
What is INVOLUNTARY CONSENT
What should the EMT do once a patient has decided to refuse any further treatment?
What is EXPLAIN THE CONSEQUENCES
True or false: Idaho allows tattoos to validate having a DNR for a patient.
What is FALSE
When you are assessing the scene, document anything that seems ______________
What is UNUSUAL
When a patient sustains further injury or harm because the care administered did not meet standards
What is NEGLIGENCE
An adult who is rationale and __________________ can give expressed consent.
What is COMPETENT
True or false: a patient who has attempted suicide may refuse care.
What is FALSE.
Written document drawn up by a patient, a physician, and a lawyer
What is LIVING WILL
After you have finished attending to a patient at a crime scene
What is WRITE YOUR REPORT
The agency which defines the Scope of Care
What is DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT)